The Local Area Unemployment Statistics release include monthly and annual-average estimates of civilian labor force, employed people, unemployed people, and unemployment rates for different geographies. These data are based on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the household survey that is the source of the national unemployment rate. For more details, see the frequently asked questions here: https://www.bls.gov/lau/laufaq.htm.


   

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    2025
Persons
Name 2025 Preceding
Period
Year Ago
from Period
North Carolina
202,822 193,594 193,594
Alamance County
3,271 3,104 3,104
Alexander County
597 600 600
Alleghany County
176 176 176
Anson County
404 394 394
Ashe County
422 386 386
Avery County
310 324 324
Beaufort County
687 705 705
Bertie County
292 297 297
Bladen County
601 589 589
Brunswick County
2,960 2,742 2,742
Buncombe County
6,767 6,224 6,224
Burke County
1,534 1,412 1,412
Cabarrus County
4,491 4,299 4,299
Caldwell County
1,395 1,271 1,271
Camden County
163 150 150
Carteret County
1,146 1,079 1,079
Caswell County
360 361 361
Catawba County
2,826 2,796 2,796
Chatham County
1,342 1,264 1,264
Cherokee County
444 436 436
Chowan County
218 214 214
Clay County
172 155 155
Cleveland County
1,968 1,823 1,823
Columbus County
861 878 878
Craven County
1,597 1,534 1,534
Cumberland County
6,305 6,012 6,012
Currituck County
488 466 466
Dare County
846 793 793
Davidson County
3,086 2,971 2,971
Davie County
738 680 680
Duplin County
768 744 744
Durham County
6,351 5,916 5,916
Edgecombe County
1,153 1,086 1,086
Forsyth County
7,328 7,007 7,007
Franklin County
1,357 1,311 1,311
Gaston County
4,644 4,320 4,320
Gates County
163 156 156
Graham County
128 121 121
Granville County
1,057 1,011 1,011
Greene County
292 271 271
Guilford County
11,443 11,020 11,020
Halifax County
979 950 950
Harnett County
2,392 2,308 2,308
Haywood County
1,108 1,045 1,045
Henderson County
1,969 1,886 1,886
Hertford County
357 356 356
Hoke County
936 906 906
Hyde County
90 91 91
Iredell County
3,717 3,476 3,476
Jackson County
777 733 733
Johnston County
4,161 3,988 3,988
Jones County
155 141 141
Lee County
1,155 1,082 1,082
Lenoir County
967 966 966
Lincoln County
1,613 1,572 1,572
Macon County
599 559 559
Madison County
501 427 427
Martin County
362 375 375
McDowell County
821 771 771
Mecklenburg County
25,847 24,496 24,496
Mitchell County
343 313 313
Montgomery County
424 409 409
Moore County
1,584 1,538 1,538
Nash County
2,074 1,945 1,945
New Hanover County
4,471 4,209 4,209
Northampton County
320 293 293
Onslow County
2,930 2,815 2,815
Orange County
2,627 2,514 2,514
Pamlico County
192 185 185
Pasquotank County
712 675 675
Pender County
1,147 1,059 1,059
Perquimans County
212 212 212
Person County
720 686 686
Pitt County
3,511 3,524 3,524
Polk County
347 314 314
Randolph County
2,438 2,384 2,384
Richmond County
812 784 784
Robeson County
2,353 2,283 2,283
Rockingham County
1,682 1,547 1,547
Rowan County
2,682 2,497 2,497
Rutherford County
1,279 1,159 1,159
Sampson County
988 973 973
Scotland County
694 681 681
Stanly County
1,074 1,042 1,042
Stokes County
756 697 697
Surry County
1,110 1,071 1,071
Swain County
234 225 225
Transylvania County
522 505 505
Tyrrell County
67 65 65
Union County
4,493 4,324 4,324
Vance County
855 827 827
Wake County
22,313 21,619 21,619
Warren County
354 340 340
Washington County
187 175 175
Watauga County
994 972 972
Wayne County
1,937 1,876 1,876
Wilkes County
1,018 968 968
Wilson County
1,770 1,780 1,780
Yadkin County
561 536 536
Yancey County
373 350 350
   

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